Cis levettei (Casey, 1898)

Majka, Christopher G., 2007, The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships in saproxylic environments, Zootaxa 1654 (1), pp. 1-20 : 6-7

Cis levettei (Casey, 1898)

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Kings Co.: Souris Line Rd. , 21.v.1970, R. Wenn, (2), UPEI ; Queens Co.: St. Patricks , 13.vii.2002, C.G. Majka, Piptoporus betulinus in coniferous forest, (13), CGMC ; St. Patricks , 14.vii.2002, C.G. Majka, Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. in coniferous forest, (2), CGMC ; St. Patricks , 16.vii.2002, C.G. Majka, Fomes fomentarius in coniferous forest, (6), CGMC ; St. Patricks , 16.vii.2002, C.G. Majka, Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. in coniferous forest, (10), CGMC ; St. Patricks , 20.viii.2002, C.G. Majka, Heterobasidion annosum in coniferous forest, CGMC ; St. Patricks , 25.vi.2003, C.G. Majka, polypore in coniferous forest, (4), CGMC ; St. Patricks , viii.2003, C.G. Majka, Piptoporus betulinus in coniferous forest, CGMC .

Newly recorded in Prince Edward Island; previously recorded from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ( McNamara 1991) ( Fig. 2 ). Newly recorded on the fungal host, Heterobasidion annosum . It is commonly found in association with Ceracis sallei and the tenebrionid, Bolitotherus cornutus (Panzer) ( Lawrence 1971) . Associations with both species have also been observed in the Maritime Provinces.

In Québec Matthewman & Pielou (1971) examined the fauna associated with sporophores of Fomes fomentarius growing on dead birch in Gatineau Park. Cis levettei was the most abundant beetle found and the third most abundant insect. It frequently co-occurred in the sporophores with Bolitotherus cornutus, Euparius marmoreus (Olivier), and Dorcatoma pallicornis LeConte (Anobiiidae) .

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FIGURE 2. The Distribution of Cis creberrimus Mellié, Cis fuscipes Mellié, Cis levettei (Casey), and Cis subtilis Mellié, in the Maritime Provinces of Canada.